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Cloudveil Inertia Peak Pants and Spinner Shirts In Stock

July 29, 2008July 29, 2008

Cloudveil’s Inertia Plus Fabric with Primeflex used on its Inertia Peak Pants and Spinner Shirts is one of the most innovative technologies offered by the major angling clothing brands. The yarns resist deformation and have NO propensity to hold water, treated with Kudos FP, 100 wash super durable water repellent. At first glance the shirts and pants appear no different than the typical multi-pocketed fishing clothing, but this fabric’s ability to repel water is closer to rain gear. Water beads on contact with the fabric and sheets off like raindrops on a windshield treated with Rain-X. The shirt and pants allow an angler to remain …

Hoppers, Caddis and Frisky Trout…

July 17, 2008

The Gunpowder is flowing at 75 CFS, is clear and 54 F. Fly fishing in the Catch and Release section has been very productive. The fish are frisky and are looking up. Great reports of Caddis in the morning in the #18-20 range above Falls Rd. have been working fine. Terrestrials in the afternoon have been easy enough to imitate with Grand Hoppers and Japanese beetles. These patterns are creating quite a stir in the foam lines along the banks. Bi-Visibles in the #14-16 range have also been working in the fast riffles and a few Olives have been reported each afternoon as the clouds …

Savage River Fly Fishing Report

July 8, 2008July 7, 2008

Last week I spent three days fishing the Savage River with my friends, Robby and Bryan Lepczyk. Bugs were abundant in pocket water stretches and in riffles. On any given night, I saw numerous species of Mayflies and Stoneflies. Lime and Yellow Sallies in size #14 combined with hatches of Caddis, Sulphurs, and Light Cahills in size #16 made for some exciting fishing. Midges and BWO’s were hatching in the middle hours of the day. However, in the evening, lots of midges swarmed in clumps above the river. Throughout the mornings and afternoons, Robby, Bryan, and I had success fishing attractor dries. We often skated …

Big Rainbow Trout And Miles Of Cold Water On The Gunpowder River

March 24, 2011July 5, 2008

When other streams in the region become too warm, the Gunpowder’s cold flows, at 56 F during the first week of July, offer great trout fishing. During hot summer months some of the most exciting dry fly fishing on the Gunpowder River begins. Beetles, hoppers, caddis, tricos, blue wing olives, and ants are just a few of the dries that produce trout throughout ALL seventeen miles of river the next months. Consider twitching a large #8-12 Elk Hair Caddis through riffles to imitate all the moths that are flying around along the river. Spend time prospecting the banks, edges, under trees and around rocks with …

We’re open on July 4th from 10-4…Enter the Wood Elf…

July 2, 2008July 2, 2008

The Gunpowder River is clear, flowing at 75 Cfs, and is 56 F. Caddis and Sulphurs in the #18-20 range have been accounting for a number of fish in the evenings. I spent Monday evening with a friend just in, and a little jet lagged, from West London who, at approximately 2:00 AM British Summer Time managed a 13″ rainbow on a #20 Unusual and 7x tippet. For those interested in larger Rainbows the Lower River still has a few gigantic rainbows from the Freshwater Institute. They’ve proven to be hard to get but if you’d rather chuck streamers, they might provide some light entertainment-be …

Reservoir Fly Fishing in Maryland

June 29, 2008June 29, 2008

Throughout the spring and summer many trout anglers travel to fly fish the Gunpowder. Few take advantage of the reservoirs, above and below the river, which provide great warmwater fishing with a flyrod. Both large and smallmouth bass, other panfish, pickerel, and carp can all be caught on the fly. Many bluegills are in the shallows to spawn and large bass and pickerel are cruising shorelines in search of food. Big bass on streamers and palm-size bluegills on poppers is a great way to spend a few hours before an afternoon of trout fishing. Large carp pushing ten pounds swim in pods in shallows where …

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